I grow hardly a half acre of corn in narrow strips, with clover between the strips, on land that is almost level.
我艰难地在狭长地带上种了半英亩的玉米，在这之间一块几乎平坦的地上种了三叶草。
In one recent US survey, about half the teens polled said that their cell phone had improved their communication with friends.
在美国最近的一项调查中，接受调查的青少年中约有一半表示，他们的手机改善了他们与朋友的交流。
In the UK, travel times to work had been stable for at least six centuries, with people avoiding situations that required them to spend more than half an hour travelling to work.
在英国，上班的交通时间至少稳定了六个世纪，人们避免了需要花半个多小时去上班的情况。
They found that female applicants were only half as likely to get outstanding letters, compared with their male counterparts.
他们发现，与男性申请者相比，女性申请者获得出色的推荐信的几率只有男性申请者的一半。
In England, two men with a good saw could have made six of these shelves from that tree in half a day.
在英国，两个人用那棵树半天就可以用一把好锯子做出六个这样的架子。
These facts do not warrant a conclusion that has been drawn by some commentators: that in the countries with the higher rates of reported whiplash injuries, half of the reported cases are spurious.
这些事实并不能证明一些评论员所得出的结论：在鞭击受伤报告比率较高的国家，半数的报告案例是假的。
Birds that are literally half asleep—with one brain hemisphere alert and the other sleeping—control which side of the brain remains awake, according to a new study of sleeping ducks.
根据一项关于睡觉的鸭子的新研究来看，半睡半醒的鸟儿——大脑的一个半球处于警觉状态，另一个半球处于睡眠状态——控制着大脑的哪一边保持清醒。
Start the day by filling up a half-gallon jug with water (or any combination of smaller bottles that equals 64 ounces).
在半加仑的罐子里装满水（或者任何等于64盎司的小瓶子的组合）以开始新的一天。
Now that I think about it, there's always something wrong with my photos as it is—half smiles,closed eyes, messy hair.
现在我想想，我的照片总是有问题，因为照片里我总是似笑非笑，闭着眼睛，头发凌乱。
They found that the majority of both kids and adults opted for a half-sized portion when combined with a prize.
他们发现，当提供奖品时，大多数孩子和成年人都选择了一半的分量。
Half of that total has been completed in the last five years alone, with a further 3,700 kilometers due to open in the coming months of 2021.
其中的一半仅在过去五年内就完成了，还有3700公里将在2021年未来几个月开通。
Children not suffering from such a grave disease could be fed with half that amount - not on a diet like ours, but on plain, basic, life-sustaining food.
没有遭到那种严重疾病的孩子可以用那个数目的半数糊口——不是们那样的食物，只是一般的、基本的、维持生命的食物。
He threatened to resign and had a chat with my boss, with the result that half of my job was taken away and given to him.
他威胁要辞职，并与我的老板进行了谈话，结果是老板将我的一半工作分给了他。
Individual birds can grow up to three feet in length, with nearly half that length consisting of long, tapered tail feathers.
它的个头可以长到3英尺长，其中有将近一半的长度都是它那锥形尾羽。
The bad news is that, even with remote logins, you're still averaging over half an hour per delivered program.
坏消息是，即使有了远程登录，每次交付程序所花费的时间平均下来还是要半个小时以上。
In doing so you will become a more productive problem solver, and a much happier person as your reality will be filled with glasses that are half full.
通过做这些，你将会成为一个更有成效的难题解决者，和一个更快乐的人，因为你原本只有半杯满的现实将被充实填满。
He finds some shards of an old medicine bottle, the cap of a salt-shaker and a half-brick with markings that date it sometime between 1904 and 1936.
他找到了一些旧药瓶的碎片、盐瓶的瓶帽和半块标有记号的砖，这些记号是在1904到1936年之间的某一天标记上去的。
In normal operation, the remote client responds with an ack packet that moves the half-open connection to fully open.
在正常操作中，远程客户机用一个ACK数据包进行响应，这会使半开的连接转换为全开的。
This lasted in England until 1851, over a century and a half with the result that a bunch of homeonwners bricked up a few windows so they wouldn’t have to pay.
在英格兰，这种状况延续了超过一个半世纪，直到1851年才停止，它还导致一些房主把窗户用砖封起来以便逃税。
PwC’s survey found that more than half of employers with wellness programmes judged them to have had only a minimal effect.
普道永华的调查显示，即使在健康计划的监督下，有一半多的员工还是收效甚微。
Sales, down 40% during the recession, have recovered more than half that drop, in line with the recovery in car production.
汽车销售量在萧条时期下跌了40%，现在由于汽车生产量的提高，销售量也已恢复下跌量的一半以上。
He dug up a half-finished movement that had been lying around forever, blew the dust off it, and completed it with brass coils and bronze escapements that were only half as old.
他挖出一件一直都被丢在那里不用的半成品机件，把上面的灰尘吹走，然后用铜线圈以及半旧的青铜摆轮把它做成一件成品。
It remains to be seen whether Beijing genuinely agrees with the second half of that statement.
目前尚不清楚，北京方面是否真的同意这句话的后半部分。
RAND found that when people were presented with various fund options, including one that clearly came with the lowest fees, only half selected that lowest-fee fund.
兰德公司发现，当人们面临各种基金选择（包括某种收费最低的选择）时，只有半数人会挑选收费最低的基金。
RAND found that when people were presented with various fund options, including one that clearly came with the lowest fees, only half selected that lowest-fee fund.
兰德公司发现，当人们面临各种基金选择（包括某种收费最低的选择）时，只有半数人会挑选收费最低的基金。
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